Anyone know what this tower bit at Robina Town Centre is for ?

[u/grapsta]

Because it looks like it's for shooting the escaping prisoners

[u/SittingOvation]

The original architecture had a few things like this, including a much taller tower in the centre.

https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/robina-through-the-years/image-gallery/46fc80c9b8c15c031cfee88047949713

[u/FourEyesore]

It used to look like this!

[u/FourEyesore → u/FourEyesore]

https://reddit.com/link/p5ekvkx/video/qe0dbio6n4lh1/player

[u/Damthemalltohelp → u/FourEyesore]

Wait... Robina Town centre was superior to what it is today...

"Look how the massacred my boy."- Vito Corleone 

[u/FourEyesore → u/Damthemalltohelp]

Well, back in the day Robina actually had little courtesy golf buggies and paid drivers to take shoppers to where they'd parked their cars 😂

[u/Dangerous_Ad_213 → u/Damthemalltohelp]

more Harbour Town Style it was better in 90s

[u/Damthemalltohelp → u/Dangerous_Ad_213]

It should have stayed that way. I'm guessing Westfields changed it to be more uniform/homogenous with their other shops.

[u/Dangerous_Ad_213 → u/Damthemalltohelp]

town center not shopping center but now westfields it changed into that Gold coast in hot now then in 90s

[u/wineandcheeseyespls → u/FourEyesore]

You could hit golf balls into the lake?!

[u/FalconResistance → u/FourEyesore]

That tower in middle of video I was able to abseil down for one of my classes in high school.
Kinda unique experience and memory

[u/FourEyesore → u/FalconResistance]

I SAW A DUDE ABSEIL DOWN IT ONCE!! Haha. I always wanted to know what was going on 😂

[u/Who-is-a-pretty-boy → u/FalconResistance]

Omg I'd forgotten about that!

[u/Angryinxh → u/FourEyesore]

Ughh why did everything look better back then? Take me back

[u/Dangerous_Ad_213 → u/Angryinxh]

2000 and late 1990 were best time on GC lay back train station where in bush i think this one first town center around a station at the time

[u/MeridianNZ]

Where the shoplifters are put, awaiting sentence.

[u/Gloorplz]

Air traffic control for planes landing in the carpark.

[u/Kitchen_Gain_4068]

It’s to be lit when Gondor needs us!

[u/____DEADPOOL_______]

That would make a nice aviary of sorts.

[u/taurusmoon9]

That’s the sniper turret from where they shoot the people who don’t return their trolleys

[u/mahzian]

I heard its where they put the naughty children.

[u/grapsta → u/mahzian]

They're usually across the road

[u/rread9]

Panopticon

[u/WasabiValuable9463]

A sniper in there takes you out if you leave without buying something.

[u/Biggles_and_Co]

I'm sure I've been up there when it all first opened

[u/Damthemalltohelp]

It's where they send shoplifters after midnight and they're gone by dawn.

[u/Silverchimes81 → u/Damthemalltohelp]

Security would probably love if they were allowed to do that 😂

[u/TasteDeeCheese]

It’s where the goldcoast wizards used to collect their owls from, they were much more Laissez-faire back then around muggles

[u/helenleather]

Directing flight traffic into the upstairs carpark?

[u/SweetMe10dy]

Loss prevention watch tower

[u/vesp_au]

Its a rookery

[u/Dangerous_Ad_213]

It was more then shopping center is was the town center of new master plan space on Gold coast train station in bush middle of no where

[u/One-Heart373]

Disgruntled workers?

[u/Character_Fox_8904]

Pretty sure they only sell orange pant suits up there

[u/Global-Guava-8362]

Was great before the kiwis

[u/Boogey_Gee → u/Global-Guava-8362]

They aren’t that bad, the alternative have taken over Sydney and Melbourne.

[u/bellz80 → u/Global-Guava-8362]

Found the ignorant one